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Strawberry Field was a Salvation Army children's home in whose grounds John Lennon used to play as a boy. During rough times, he would close his eyes, imagining he was there. "Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see."
People always take beatles songs, and turn them into drug inspired satires.
John called the song "Strawberry Fields Forever" as a tribute to remember all of the Strawberry Fields of the world. The actual name of the children's home was Strawberry Field.
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∙ 13y ago"Strawberry Fields is a real place. After I stopped living at Penny Lane, I moved on with my auntie who lived in a nice semi-detached place with a small garden ad doctors and lawyers and all that ilk living around - not the poor slummy kind of image that was projected in all The Beatles stories. Near that home was this Strawberry Hills, a house near a boy's reformatory where I used to go with my friends Nigel and Pete. We would go there and hang out and sell lemonade bottles for a penny. We always had fun at Strawberry Fields. So that's where I got the name. But I used it as an image. 'Living is easy. Misunderstanding all you see'. It still goes, doesn't it? The awareness apparently trying to be expressed is - let's say in one way I was always hip. I was hip in kindergarten. I was different from all the others. I was different all my life. The second verse goes, 'No one I think is in my tree'. Well, I was too shy and self doubting. Nobody seems to be as hip as me is what I was saying. Therefore I must be crazy or a genius - 'I mean it must be high or low,' the next line. It was scary as a child, because there was nobody to relate to. Neither my auntie nor my friends nor anybody that could ever see what I did. It was very, very scary and abut the only contact I had was reading about an Oscar Wilde or a Dylan Thomas or a Vincent Van Gogh - all those books that my auntie had that talked about their suffering because of their visions. Because of what they saw, they were tortured by society for trying to express what they were. I saw loneliness". -John Lennon, 1980
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∙ 14y agoLennon was on a break from filming How I Won the War in Spain, and was thinking about his childhood. The place where he stayed had a gate that reminded him of the gate at Strawberry Field (called "Strawberry Fields" locally), where he'd spent time as a boy. The lyrics reflect his feelings at being misunderstood ("No one I think is in my tree / I mean it must be high or low" = "Nobody sees the world the way I do; am I a genius or a fool?"), as he was growing up.
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∙ 14y agoNo one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low.
That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right.
That is I think it's not too bad.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out.
It doesn't matter much to me.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Always know sometimes think it's me, but you know I know and it's a dream.
I think I know of thee, ah yes, but it's all wrong.
That is I think I disagree.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Strawberry Fields forever.
The above lyrics were transcribed from listening.
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∙ 14y agoDepending on who you believe,it's either "cranberry sauce" or the more cryptic " I buried Paul", an allusion to the "Paul is dead" rumors that were circulating at the time.
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∙ 15y agoWell Strawberry Feilds is the name of an orphange that John grew up near and it's also another name for acid
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∙ 13y agoThis song was about John Lennons childhood. He sings the sings the song about his old salvation army home that he called strawberry fields.
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∙ 14y agoStrawberry Fields was a Salvation Army Children's home near to where John Lennon grew up.
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∙ 14y agothey say cranberry sauce but some people think that it sounds like i buried Paul which goes along with the Paul McCartney conspiracy
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Who sings Strawberry Fields Forever?
John Lennon sings Strawberry Fields Forever which took six weeks to write. It should be noted that while both John and Paul's name appeared as LENNON & McCARTNEY to denote the owner/creator of the song, the actual writer was generally the lead singer. Classic examples: LENNON - Strawberry Fields, In my Life, Across the Universe. McCARTNEY - Hey Jude, Penny Lane, The Long and Winding Road. GEORGE HARRISON, was usual limited to one song per side per album and wrote many classic Beatles' songs as well: Something, Here Comes the Sun, Tax Man. RINGO STARR made many contributions (including writing) on Yellow Submarine and Octopuses' Garden.
Did John Lennon write please please you?
John Lennon wrote Please Please Me.
Was John Lennon a poet?
Yes. Several of Lennon's poems were included in In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works. In the movie Help!, Lennon can be heard reciting part of "I Sat Belonely" to Ringo Starr.
What did john Lennon write about in his songs?
love and peace
What was Penny Lane?
Penny Lane was a street in Liverpool which had shops and businesses which Paul McCartney thought it might be a good idea to write a song about. The shopping area is real, but the businesses and people referred to are mostly fictitious. "Penny Lane" b/w "Strawberry Fields Forever" by the Beatles was released in February, 1967.
Which two places in Liverpool did John Lennon and Paul McCartney write songs about?
Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields
When did John Lennon write the song Strawberry Fields Forever?
During the fall of 1966, when he was in Spain making How I Won the War with Michael Crawford and Richard Lester. A gate outside the house where he was staying had a similar look to the gate at Strawberry Field, and it reminded him of his boyhood.
Who sings Strawberry Fields Forever?
John Lennon sings Strawberry Fields Forever which took six weeks to write. It should be noted that while both John and Paul's name appeared as LENNON & McCARTNEY to denote the owner/creator of the song, the actual writer was generally the lead singer. Classic examples: LENNON - Strawberry Fields, In my Life, Across the Universe. McCARTNEY - Hey Jude, Penny Lane, The Long and Winding Road. GEORGE HARRISON, was usual limited to one song per side per album and wrote many classic Beatles' songs as well: Something, Here Comes the Sun, Tax Man. RINGO STARR made many contributions (including writing) on Yellow Submarine and Octopuses' Garden.
What did The Beatles write?
actually it was one of the beatles who wrote a book which was john Lennon he wrote john Lennon in his own write.
Who did john Lennon write steel and glass about?
"I was using my resentment toward (Allen) Klein to write a song." - John Lennon, 1980
Did John Lennon write please please you?
John Lennon wrote Please Please Me.
What are some songs of John Lennon?
The general rule with Lennon-McCartney Beatles songs is that the lead singer is also the primary songwriter, though the song could be developed further in collaboration. Therefore, some of the Beatles songs in which John was the primary writer are "Nowhere Man," "Help!", "Julia," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "In My Life," "Revolution," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "A Day in the Life." Some of John's songs after leaving the Beatles: "Imagine," "God," "Instant Karma," "Give Peace a Chance," "Woman," "Watching the Wheels," "Mother," "How Do You Sleep?" and "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)." I assume you're asking about his original work and not his covers, but he also recorded songs he didn't write, such as "Stand By Me."
Who wrote in his own write?
John Lennon wrote In His Own Write.
Was John Lennon a poet?
Yes. Several of Lennon's poems were included in In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works. In the movie Help!, Lennon can be heard reciting part of "I Sat Belonely" to Ringo Starr.
What did John Lennon write his songs about?
love and peace
When was 'in his own write' by john Lennon published?
1964
What did john Lennon write about in his songs?
love and peace
